Esserval-Combe
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| local community | Mièges | |
| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | law | |
| Arrondissement | Lons-le-Saunier | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 48 ' N , 6 ° 2' E | |
| Post Code | 39250 | |
| Former INSEE code | 39213 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Esserval-Combe is a village and a commune Déléguée in the community Mièges with 25 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the French department of Jura in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Esserval-Combe is located at 755 m , about twelve kilometers northeast of the city of Champagnole (as the crow flies). The farming village extends in the Jura , in a valley on the northern edge of the Val de Mièges, in the headwaters of the Ruisseau du Gouffre de l'Houle.
The area of the 1.76 km² large Commune déléguée covers a section of the French Jura. The central part of the area is occupied by the valley basin of the Ruisseau du Gouffre de l'Houle , which is an average of 750 m . The area of the Commune déléguée is mainly covered by meadow and pasture land. The Ruisseau du Gouffre de l'Houle drains the area to the south to the serpentine and thus to the Ain . To the east, the area of the Commune déléguée extends to the adjacent high plateau, on which the highest elevation of Esserval-Combe is reached at 846 m .
Neighboring communities of Esserval-Combe were Esserval-Tartre in the north, Censeau in the east, Mièges in the south and Plénise in the west.
history
The place is first mentioned in the 13th century under the name Essard-à-Moine . After the population had been decimated by a plague epidemic in 1348, the village, which now belonged to the Nozeroy rule, was granted certain freedoms in 1350 to promote the repopulation of the area. Together with Franche-Comté , Esserval-Combe came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
The municipality of Esserval-Combe was incorporated into Mièges on January 1, 2016 .
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 31 |
| 1968 | 30th |
| 1975 | 23 |
| 1982 | 20th |
| 1990 | 17th |
| 1999 | 21st |
| 2005 | 14th |
With last 20 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2013) Esserval-Combe was one of the smallest communities in the Jura department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (61 people were still counted in 1881), only relatively minor fluctuations have been recorded since the mid-1970s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Esserval-Combe was a village dominated by agriculture, in particular dairy farming and cattle breeding. Even today, the residents live mainly from their work in the first sector. Outside the primary sector there are no jobs in the village. Some workers are also commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
The village is located away from the major thoroughfares on a department road that leads from Mièges to Esserval-Tartre. Another road connection is with Plénise.
